April 18, 2013
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Energy & Renewables Newsletter April 18, 2013 |
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Keeping EU biofuels policy alive costs society €10bn a year, study shows
Cash-strapped EU Member States spent €10bn in 2011, a sum as big as the Cyprus bailout, in support of the biofuels industry, a new study by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) reveals. This public support was necessary to sustain the 4.5% market share biofuels had in 2011 – slightly below the 5% freeze proposed by the European Commission half a year ago. Not freezing biofuel volumes to 5% but increasing them to 8.6% by 2020, as is expected under the current policy, would, according to the study, require between €28.8bn and €33.1bn of additional ... | ||
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Progress towards clean energy has stalled, IEA says
The rapid expansion of renewable technologies is one of the few bright spots in an otherwise bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in an annual report to the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) here today. “The drive to clean up the world’s energy system has stalled,” IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven told the CEM, which brings together ministers representing countries responsible for four-fifths of global greenhouse-gas emissions. “Despite much talk by world leaders, and despite a boom in renewable ... | ||
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